Locating device



Feb. 20, 1940. EF W|CKEN$ 2,190,855

LOCATING DEVICE l Filed Jan. 19, 1938 4/7 4.959 Y HIS ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 2o, 1940 ,2,190,855 LocA'riNG Device Edward F. Wiclrens, Phillipsburg, N. J., assigner to IngersollRand Company, Jersey City, N. J.,

i a corporation of New Jersey Application January 19, 1938, SerialNo. 185,645

`It Claims. (Cl. S30-59) This invention relates to `locating devices and is more particularly intendedfor use in holding and locating articles requiring machining at definitely spaced points, as for example drill bits of the detachable crucifo-rm type of which the cutting wings are uniformly spaced with respect to each other on the cutting .end of the bit.

One `object of the yinvention is to enable the wort; to be expeditiously located with respect to the implement or tool intended te operate thereon.`

Other objects will be in part obidous and in part pointed out hereinafter.

In the drawing accompanying this specicaticn and in `which similar reference numerals refer to similar parts,

Figure l is a longitudinal elevation ci portion of a milling machine equipped with a locating device constructed in accordance with the practice of the invention,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal view, partly in sec tion,` oi a Work `holder or chuck intended to `be carried by the milling machine for presenting the work to the cutting element ci said machine,

Figure 3` is a transverse view taken through Figure l on the line Ll--3, and

Figure 4 is a perspective View showing a portion of the work holder and a locating element carried by the milling machine and the work holder and which cooperate with each other to locate the work in correct operative relationship' with respect to the cutter of the milling machine.`

`Referring to the drawing and at rst more particularly to` Figure 223 designates a milling machinecomprising a main frame il! `and a `form-milling cuter 22 which may be driven by any suitable power device (not shown).

The machine l@ is provided with a carriage 23 which is reciprocable with respect to the cutter 2E and has a bore to provide a piston chamber' 2li for the accommodation of a piston 25E.v The piston is stationary, being held thus by the piston rod 2li which is securedgto a wall 2l` of the main trame. The bore in the carriage 23through which the rod 2G extends is sealed by packing 28, and the opposite end of the piston chamber 24 is sealed by a closure 2.93 threaded into the end of the piston chamber.

On the lower part ot the carriage 23 is a lug 3!! which is slidable upon a guide member Si in the form of a rod secured to the main frame. i

.il which. the conduit Si! is in communication with stop member i3 to limit the feeding movement of the carriage 23. On the inner end of the rod 3i is a reduced portion 3i extending through the wall 2l and having a nut 35 threaded thereon to lock the rod 3i to said wall. The rod 3l is, morei over, provided with a head which lies exteriorly of the frame El and carries spokes 3l provid- `ing grip members for rotating the rod and thereby shifting the stop member 33.

`The pressure fluid employed for actuating the carriage 23 is conveyed tothe ends of the piston chamber mi by conduits 3d and 39 leading from, a valve chamber in ythe main frame 2l.

The valve chamber contains a rotary valve 4i having a handle #l2 whereby it may be manipulated, and pressure fluid is conveyed to the valve in the periphery of the valve are a pair of partly;`

annular grooves iii and it of which the latter ai'lords communication `between the exhaust passage lill and the passages mand 3S and the groove i5 communicates the supply passage 43 with the passages til Se.

In the operation of the apparatus thus far described, whenever it is desired to actuate the carriage Liltoward the `cutter 22 the valve di is rcclred tela position in which the groove t5 establishes `communicaticn between the supply passage i3 and the conduit itil. In this position of the valve the passage 3d will be `in communication with the exhaust passage tl through the greove lili. The pressureiiuid thusadmitted into the piston chamber 25!- will move the car riage` in the direction of the cutter until the lug lll abuts the stop member t3, thereby determining the depth of cut into the Work.

When the carriage 2t comes to rest the valve is rotated to` another limiting position in the supply passage dit through the groove i5 and the `passage t is in communication with the conduit ."38 through the groove 46. The carriage will then be retractedto its initial position by the pressure fluid entering the piston chamber 2d through the conduit 38.

` In the event that it may be desired to shorten or lengthen the distance of travel of the carriage 23 the nut 35 ispartly unthreaded on the extension 34. The rod 3| may then be rotated in the direction necessary to move the stop member 33, either toWardor away from the Wall 21, after which the'nut 35 is again tightened to hold the rod 3l immovable. i

In accordancewith the practice of the invention, the carriage 23 is provided on its' upper surface with a pair of projections il and 48.

'54. The front or free end of the chuck Elli is expansible having longitudinally extending slots 55 opening from the front end of the chuck, and on the periphery of the free end of the chuck is a bearing surface 58 which extends into the Work, as for example a drill bit 5l of the detachable type having a threaded socket 53 for attachment to a drill rod (not shown).

Within the sleeve 5l and the chuck 54 is an expansion member 59 in the form of a rod having a coniform end 6E! to engage a similar surface 6l in the free end of the chuck for expanding the chuck against the Work. The rodv 59 projects from the rearward end of the sleeve 5I and is in threaded engagement with a latch nut 62 wherebyI therod is shifted longitudinally of the sleeve i and the chuck.

' such positions.

The carriage and the Work holder are provided with suitable devices adapted to cooperate with each other to determine the correct positions of the points of the Work intended to ybe presented to the cutter 22. In the present instance,` these points are the grooves 63 between and defining the sides of the cutting Wings 64 of the drill bit so that where, as in a cruciform bit, four cutting positions are required, the Work holder may be conveniently shifted to and held in To this end the projection 4l carries a pair of V-shaped blocks E55 which are located on the opposite sides of the slot 49 and are-secured in position by screws 66.

The blocks 65 are so arranged that their apices lie in the horizontal plane ofthe Work holder Sii and normal to the direction of movementof the carriage, and on the sleeve 5| is a locating member til having a series of AV-shaped notches' 69 arranged in cruciform fashion toreceive the V-portions of theblocks 65. v

In the operation of the device, the chuck is inserted into the work and the nut 62 is then manipulated to draw the coniform end 60 into the chuck and thereby press the bearing surface 565 into iirm gripping engagement with the Work.

The work holder is then placed in the slots H9 In the projections and moved to position in which the blocks 65 lie in a pair of notches 69 Where it is held by the operator. Thereafter the carriage 23 is actuated toward the cutter 22 to cut a groove 63 into the face of the drill bit.

After a groove of the desired depth has been cut, that is to say, when the lug contacts the stop member 33, the carriage 23 is retracted and the Work'holder is rotated a quarter turn and again positioned to bring the blocks 65 into engagement with another pair of notches 69 preparatory to another ycutting operation.

`I claim:

1. In a locating device, the combination of a cutter anda carrier, said carrier having a recess, means for causing relative reciprocatory movementvbetween the cutter and the carrier, a Work holder freely insertable into and removable from the recess, means on the carrier and the Work holder cooperating with each other tofdetermine the spacing of points on the work intended to be presented to the cutter, and a grip portion on the Work Aholder for manually maintaining said means in engagement with each other and for holding the Work holder in the recess.

2.1In a locating device, the combination of a cutter and a carrier reciprocable with respect to the cutter, said carrier having a recess, a Work holder freely insertable into and removable from the recess, means on the carrier and the Work holder interlockingly engaging each other in different operative positions of the work holder t0 deteri'nine the spacing of points on the Work intended to be presented to the cutter, and a grip portion on the Work holder for manually maintaining said means in engagement With each other and for holding the Work holder in the recess. p

3. In a locating device, the combination of a cutter and a carrier reciprocable with respect to the cutter, said carrier having a recess, a work holder freely insertable into and removable from the recess and being shiftable about its axis to present different points of the work to the cutter, a locating member on the carrier, means on the holder having recesses equalling the number of loperative positions of the Work to receive the locating member, and a grip portion on the Work holder `for manually maintaining said means in engagement with each other and for holding the Work holder in the recess.

4. In a locating device, the combination of a cutter and a carrier reciprocable with respect lto the cutter, said carrier having a recess, a Work holder removable from the recessand being` shiftable about its axis to present different points oi the work to the cutter, a grip portion on the Work holder for vmanually holding the work holder in the recess, and means on the Work holder having converging surfaces to engage the locating member andthereby locate the Work in correct operative position with respect to the cutter.

EDWARD F. WICKENS. 

